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THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 12, 2019 - PAGE 9A
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DR. ELMER CLARK AND JED MAY
MCHS alumnus, teacher
spotlight: Jed May and
Dr. Elmer Clark
Madison County High
School alumnus Jed May
writes for a living now,
but he cut his journalistic
teeth as the managing ed
itor of the Red & Gray at
MCHS and was an honor
graduate in 2015.
After moving on to the
University of Georgia,
he worked on the staff
of The Red & Black for
four years, eventually ris
ing to the role of sports
editor. In his tenure for
UGA’s premier publi
cation, he’s produced
over 700 stories, cover
ing both basketball and
football, including the
Dawgs’ historic run to the
national championship
game two years ago. In
2018, his story on Mike
“Big Dawg” Woods was
voted “best sports story"
by the Georgia College
Press Association, and in
2019, his story on Me-
cole Hardman and his
family earned the same
award. He also placed
third in the Hearst Foun
dation National Sport
writing Contest and was
named a McGill Fellow
by UGA’s Grady College
before graduating Cum
Laude with a degree in
Journalism in 2019. Af
terwards he interned for
both the Valdosta Daily
Times and The Athens
Banner-Herald, and he is
currently covering UGA
football for The Macon
Telegraph.
Though he credits
many educators with con
tributing to his success,
one in particular sent him
on his current path - Dr.
Elmer Clark.
“In a weird way, it was
Dr. Clark's AP world his
tory class that helped me
realize that I could have
a future in writing and
journalism,” said May.
“Before I took his class I
knew I wanted my future
career to involve sports,
but I wasn't exactly sure
in what capacity. But as
anyone who has taken
an AP class with Doc
knows, he makes you
write and write a lot. That
class made me infinitely
better as a writer in all
aspects and, in the pro
cess, helped me see that
I could combine my love
of sports and my love for
writing into a career in
sports journalism."
May said he didn’t
foresee this happening.
“If you would have
told my freshman self
that I think I would have
thought you had lost
your mind, but Dr. Clark
and his class complete
ly changed the way I
thought about writing,"
said May. “I still remem
ber seeing him walking
out after graduation and
giving him a big hug
and him telling me to
stay in touch. I actually
ran into him while cov
ering an event for The
Banner-Herald over the
summer, and it was such
a cool full-circle thing to
have him see me working
the job that he inspired
me to go after in the first
place."
A fellow MCHS teach
er says the number of stu
dents Elmer “Doc” Clark
has inspired is “even more
than the number of sports
stories Jed has written.”
“Over his years in Mad
ison County, Doc has had
an incalculable positive
influence, just as big as
the impact Jed will have
during his career in jour
nalism,” the fellow MCHS
educator said. “More
proof of the importance
of our teachers here in
the MC. Real, dedicated
educators making a dif
ference in the lives of real,
worthwhile young men
and women. It’s who we
are. It’s why we are MC
Proud.”
Jed May is pictured at the 2018 Rose Bowl follow
ing the 2017 University of Georgia football season.
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DANIELSVILLE COLTS OF THE MONTH (K-2)
Danielsville Elementary School recently honored its November “Colts of the Month” students with a cer
tificate and a sign to display in their yard. Students were selected by their homeroom teachers based on
their courtesy, cooperation, responsibility, respect and consideration. Students chosen from kindergarten
through second grade were Addisyn Wells, Jonah Bond, Kytle Cochran, Jaylen Horne, Aubri Wallace, Gray-
sen Wilkins, Grady Dills, Michael Acevedo, Parker Cutts, Livi Harris, Ellis McCarty and Paisley McMinn.
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DANIELSVILLE COLTS OF THE MONTH (3-5)
Danielsville Elementary School recently honored its November “Colts of the Month” students with a cer
tificate and a sign to display in their yard. Students were selected by their homeroom teachers based
on their courtesy, cooperation, responsibility, respect and consideration. Students chosen from third
through fifth grade were Madelin Jimenez, Ezra Shadrix, Raina Giles, Gabi Code, Cora Jefferson, Kamryn
Jordan, Brenice Leonard, Jr. Perez, Walker Ervin and Jayden Kelley.
LORD PLACES IN JUNIOR
FLORICULTURE EVENT
Madison County High School’s Thomas Lord com
peted in the junior division, placing eighth indi
vidually in the area floriculture CDE held at Wind
er-Barrow High School.
Bee Club to meet Dec. 16
The Oglethorpe County Bee Club will have its regular
meeting Monday, Dec. 16 at the Farm Bureau at 925
Athens Road in Crawford. The meeting will begin at
7 p.m., with doors opening at 6:15 p.m.
Linda Tillman who was unable to attend last month,
will present her program “Fun and Facts about Wax” at
the December meeting.
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BRAY COMPETES IN QUIZ BOWL
Madison County High School’s Avery Bray compet
ed in the FFA Quiz competition in the area flori
culture CDE held at Winder-Barrow High School,
bringing home sixth place.
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BUDGET MEETING
The City of Hull will hold a work ses
sion on its 2020 Budget beginning at
6:30 p.m. on December 19, 2019, at
the Hull Civic Club, 1358 Old Elberton
Road, Hull, Georgia. Public input is
welcome. The budget will be presented
for a vote at the regular meeting be
ginning at 7:00 p.m. on December 19,
2019.
Sandra Pou
Hull City Clerk